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frier

frier is the alternative spelling of fryer.

frier is the obsolete form of friar.

Meaning of fryer

Noun

fryer (plural fryers)

  1. A machine or container for frying food.
    • He learned to work the fryer as part of becoming a competent cook for a commercial kitchen.
  2. A fish suitable for frying.
  3. A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet or cockerel.
    • […] it also had a yellow beak. Which meant it wasn't a layer anymore and was okay to eat. Nowadays we get yellow-legged fryers.1991, Pearl Violette Metzelthin, Ruth Reichl, Gourmet (volume 51, issues 1-6, page 60)
  4. One who fries.
    • The dolphin was also borne by the family of Fryer, with reference, as Mr. Moule suggests, to the fry or swarm of fishes (or was not their ancestor an excellent fryer of fish?); […]1842 June, “Heraldry of Fish. Notices of the principal Families bearing Fish in their Arms. By Thomas Moule. […]”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume XVII, London: William Pickering; John Bowyer...

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Meaning of friar

Noun

friar (plural friars)

  1. A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
    Synonyms:
    brother, frater
  2. (dated) A white or pale patch on a printed page caused by poor inking.
  3. An American fish, the silverside.
    1. Such fish prepared as food.

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Proper noun capitalized: Frier

Frier (plural Friers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of frier

Noun
pluralfriers
Proper noun
pluralFriers

Phrases with frier

Questions about frier

What does frier mean?
Frier means a surname.
What is frier the alternative spelling of?
Frier is the alternative spelling of fryer.
What part of speech is frier?
Frier is a proper noun.

Words near frier in the dictionary

  1. frienemies
  2. frienemy
  3. frienemyship
  4. frienemyships
  5. frienvy
  6. frier
  7. Friern Barnet
  8. friers
  9. Frierson
  10. Friersons
  11. fries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frier (page history and authors); Frier (page history and authors); fryer (page history and authors); friar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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